Sun Jan 04, 2004 6:45 pm
a couple of things. if he wanted to mesh the films together, he should have done it the way every star wars fan wanted: set the prequel trilogy in the Star Wars Universe. If he wanted to make the Technology, or the Fighters or the Characters, or the Planets fit into each trilogy, he should have used the pre-established ones fromt the OT, not created brand new ones for the PT then try to make them mesh by re-creating classic scenes with Naboo fighters in, or including the new species he created in cantina scenes etc. All these are stupid and lame. How much more excited would you be if the Naboo Defence Force had Z-95 Headhunters, and Y-Wings, if some of the Clone Troopers had Stormtrooper armour, if the technology was the same as in the OT so we dont have to wonder why everyone just took a leap back in time, if the PT didnt actually destroy books upon books of Expanded universe information that renders the whole fan community as "liers", even though Lucasfilm liscenced the books in the first place.
There were two ways George could have done the new trilogy. he coulda looked at the OT, saw what the fans liked and what they didnt and gone with that. He should have treated the current fans before treating the kids. I KNOW the star wars series is aimed at kids, but the real story is aimed at the adults because, lets face it, i dont think the kids have picked up on the political schemings of Palpatine and how the whole invasion of Naboo was orchistrated solely so that Palpatine could be elected as Supreme Chancelor of the Senate and that the Clone Wars were started by Palpatine to get him given Emergency Powers to run the galaxy by himself and to wipe out any other power that could stand against him. Cause i think they were just thinking "isnt jar-jar silly". This is wrong. Star Wars doesnt belong to the kids, it belongs to the OT fans who know whats going on.
George can stick in all the SFX he wants to but its the story that everyone loves and its the story that everyone else feels let down by. Now i KNOW Ewan McGreggor can act. Ive seen some kickass stuff with him in it and he can be much more that what Lucas is writing for him because, unfortunately, Lucas also blows as a writer. I think he should sit there, tell some guy what the story is going to involve. Make sure all the specifics are down and then get some guy from continuity to make sure that it doesnt contradict anything already written and THEN get someone else to film it. Haden can 'kinda' act, he just needs to be taught a bit more and i definately think that a different director could have demanded a better performance from him than Lucas. As much as i love the guy for what he's given me, i gotta hate him because he's really the only one to blame. The guy is a control freak that just wants to have his hand in all the important pies and he should just step away and have a big, all powereful, commanding roll like in Empire and Jedi.
"Something wicked this way comes"
There were two ways George could have done the new trilogy. he coulda looked at the OT, saw what the fans liked and what they didnt and gone with that. He should have treated the current fans before treating the kids. I KNOW the star wars series is aimed at kids, but the real story is aimed at the adults because, lets face it, i dont think the kids have picked up on the political schemings of Palpatine and how the whole invasion of Naboo was orchistrated solely so that Palpatine could be elected as Supreme Chancelor of the Senate and that the Clone Wars were started by Palpatine to get him given Emergency Powers to run the galaxy by himself and to wipe out any other power that could stand against him. Cause i think they were just thinking "isnt jar-jar silly". This is wrong. Star Wars doesnt belong to the kids, it belongs to the OT fans who know whats going on.
George can stick in all the SFX he wants to but its the story that everyone loves and its the story that everyone else feels let down by. Now i KNOW Ewan McGreggor can act. Ive seen some kickass stuff with him in it and he can be much more that what Lucas is writing for him because, unfortunately, Lucas also blows as a writer. I think he should sit there, tell some guy what the story is going to involve. Make sure all the specifics are down and then get some guy from continuity to make sure that it doesnt contradict anything already written and THEN get someone else to film it. Haden can 'kinda' act, he just needs to be taught a bit more and i definately think that a different director could have demanded a better performance from him than Lucas. As much as i love the guy for what he's given me, i gotta hate him because he's really the only one to blame. The guy is a control freak that just wants to have his hand in all the important pies and he should just step away and have a big, all powereful, commanding roll like in Empire and Jedi.
"Something wicked this way comes"
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